Shorthand Construction (Classic Reprint)
Bellamy, William Woolsey
Excerpt from Shorthand ConstructionWhat are the minimum shorthand characters that can be used to represent these sounds?Obviously, if outlines of words in shorthand are to be reduced to the minimum, they must be composed of the following characters: straight lines and curved lines (arcs of circles) of different lengths written in different directions, circles, semicircles and loops, of different sizes.In shorthand we speak of characters, not l...
